New Faculty

This page is designed to help new faculty members get started with technology here at ISU.

BackgroundYour ISU IDs
University ID: This is the number on your university ID, often referred to as your "University ID Number".
University Username: The portal (commonly referred to as “the portal” or “MyISU”) is the environment
where you can access many different Web-based resources, including:

In a very few cases, your faculty status makes a difference in how we handle things. Where necessary,
we have designated this in the list below.

Getting Tech Support
If you have problems with any or all of the steps below (or with any of the technology here at ISU), please don’t hesitate to call us at 812-237-2910, or to submit a support ticket.

Initial Setup
These are the first steps that a new person on campus typically needs to follow to get access into our systems.
The first link below (Activating your University Username) will take you to where you can begin this process. You will need the following information beforehand in order to activate your University Username:

- Your University ID Number
- Last 4 digits of your social security number
- Date of birth

You may also want to visit the ISU Password policy link to familiarize yourself with
password requirements.

Getting Started
The links below take you to information on technology resources here at ISU that you may need for your classroom and research activities. If you don’t see a service below, please don’t hesitate to call the Technology Support Center or submit a ticket to ask how or where we provide it!

Multimedia Design and Research Programming Services (MDRPS) directly supports faculty with Graphic Design, Illustration, Large Format Printing, Academic Programming, Database development and much more. For more information, visit the MDRPS web page.

A web database is a system for storing and managing data on a server that can be accessed via a web browser. Web databases are particularly useful for the management and display of research and instructional information as well as collaboration between researchers. A database server hosts your database content robustly, securely and efficiently. The interactive web interface allows you to have controlled access to your data from wherever you want, In addition, a database server is able to handle millions of inquiries from the general public.

Maintenance Activities
Now that you are ready to go, we realize that at some point you may have a problem or need to change something.
Following are some links you may need in the future. These can also be found through our OIT Website, in the page we devote to technology support for faculty:

Because your email address and University Username are tied to so many different permissions, applications, and functions here at the university, changing either one is no small matter. Normally this would occur in the event of marriage, legal name change, or change in a preferred name (ie. Robert to Bob).

Please contact the OIT Technology Support Center at x2910 and we will get the process started for you.